FEBRUARY 20, 2022
HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!
85 Years Ago Today In 1937- Nancy Wilson, singer, television variety show host and actress, 1999 Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame inductee, and a Capitol Records artist is born Nancy Sue Wilson in Chillicothe, Ohio.
1946 - Jerome Giles (aka J. Giles), guitarist and the leader of the Capitol Records group J. Giles Band, is born in New York City, New York.
ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1946 - Carlos Molina and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the title "Palabras De Mujer" with vocalist Bobby Rivera and the as yet unissued takes of the titles "Acabaste" with vocals by Jean Colby, "Pearl Fisher", and "Siboney" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "Palabras De Mujer" as a single (Capitol 307) with "Estoy Apriendo Ingles (I'm Learning To Speak English)" (recorded June 19, 1945) on the flipside.
75 Years Ago Today In 1947 - Merle Travis' Capitol Records single "So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed", with "Sweet Temptation" on the flipside, is #1 on the U.S. Country charts.
70 Years Ago Today In 1952 - Billy May conducts his own compositions and arrangements to the orchestra (Conrad Gozzo and Uan Rasey on trumpet, Si Zentner and James Priddy on trombone, Wilbur Schwartz, Jules Kinsler, Jules Jacob, and Fred Falensby on saxophones, Edwin "Buddy" Cole on piano, Al Hendrickson on guitar, Meyer Rubin on bass, John Cyr on drums, Ann Mason Stockton on harp, and a string section with Ivan Eppinoff, Lou Raderman, and Mischa Russell on violin, Paul Robyn on viola, and Cy Bernard on cello) as they record the music tracks for the two parts of the title "Tweet, Tweet, Tweety" and the two parts of the title "Bugs Bunny And The Grow-Small Juice" (originally entitled "14 Carrot Rabbit") at Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California between 8:30 PM and 11:30 PM. After Mel Blanc and June Foray record vocal tracks for "Tweet, Tweet, Tweeety" using a script adaptation by Alan Livingston and "Bugs Bunny And The Grow-Small Juice" using a script by Ted Pierce and Warren Foster on February 28, 1952, Capitol Records will issue both parts of "Tweet, Tweet, Tweety" on the children's record of the same title (CAS-3118) and both parts of "Bugs Bunny And The Grow-Small Juice" on the children's record of the same title (CAS-3119). Unfortunately, "Tweet, Tweet, Tweety" is not currently available on YouTube.
1953 - Vocalists Gordon MacRae and June Hutton, with Axel Stordahl and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted but includes trumpets, reeds, piano, guitar, bass, drums players) and a vocal chorus (lineup also unlisted), record the titles "By The Light Of The Silvery Moon", "My Home Town Is A One Horse Town" without Hutton, "Ain't We Got Fun", and "Be My Little Bumble Bee" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "My Home Town Is A One Horse Town" and "Ain't We Got Fun" on the 7" EP "Songs From 'By The Light Of The Silvery Moon'" (EAP-1-422), "By The Light Of The Silvery Moon" and "Be My Little Bumble Bee" on the 7" EP "Songs From 'By The Light Of The Silvery Moon'" (EAP-2-422), all titles and the album "Songs From 'By The Light Of The Silvery Moon'" (EBF/FBF-422 on a two-disc 45 RPM EP and H-422 on 10" 33 1/3 RPM LP).
65 Years Ago Today In 1957 - Vocalist Chester Smith and vocalist and guitarist Del Reeves, with Red Sylva on fiddle, Jim Pierce on piano, Buck Owens on lead guitar, Grover Jackson on guitar, Skeets McDonald on bass, and Hank Stallings on drums, record the titles "One Life To Live", "There'll Be Other Times" without Reeves on vocals, "You're Not The Changing Kind" without Smith on vocals, and "Love, Love, Love" in Studio A of The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue "One Life To Live" and "There'll Be Other Times" together as a single (Capitol F3692) and "You're Not The Changing Kind" and "Love, Love, Love" together as a single (Capitol F3819). Unfortunately, "There'll Be Other Times" is not currently available on YouTube.
65 Years Ago Today In 1957 - During two sessions held this day in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California, vocalist Robert Mitchum, with pianist Jimmy Rowles conducting the orchestra (Tony Terran on trumpet, Morris Bercov on saxophone, Laurindo Almeida and Jack Marshall on guitars, Joe Comfort on bass, Eddie Aparicio, Frank Carlson, and Frank Guerrero on drums and percussion, Lou Singer on drums and vibraphones, and Carlos Mejia on bongos), records the titles "I Learn A Merengue Mama" and "From A Logical Point Of View" at the first session between 8:00 PM and 11:00 PM and a new take of "From A Logical Point Of View" and the titles "They Dance All Night" and "Take Me Down To Lover's Row" at the second session between 11:30 PM and 2:30 AM on February 21, 1952. Capitol Records will issue all the titles, except the first take of ""From A Logical Point Of View" which is listed as lost, on Mitchum's album "Calypso - Is Like So..." (T 853).
1958 - During two sessions held this day in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California, Nat "King" Cole overdubs vocals for the titles "Te Queiro Dijiste (Mucho, Mucho) (Magic Is The Moonlight)", "Arrivederci Roma (Goodbye To Rome)", and "Quizas, Quizas, Quiza (Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps)" over instrumental tracks recorded by Armando Romeu, Jr. And His Orchestra at the Panart Studio in Havana, Cuba in 1957 at the first session and for the titles "Las Mananitas (Few Early Morning)" and "Adelita" at the second session, over instrumental tracks recorded by Mariachis de Alfredo Serra at the Panart Studio in Havana, Cuba. Capitol Records will issue all the songs on Cole's album "Cole Español" (W1031). Bear Family Records will also issue all the titles in the box set "Nat 'King' Cole - Stardust (The Complete Capitol Recordings 1955-1959)" (BCD 16342).
1958 - Leopold Stokowski conducts a string orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record Berger's "Rondino Giocoso", Purcell's "Hornpipe (From 'King Arthur' Suite)", Handel's "Tamburino (From 'Alcina')", and Boccherini's "Menuet" at the Riverside Plaza Hotel in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Stokowski's album "String Orchestra" (P/SP-8458).
1959 - Tennessee Ernie Ford's Capitol Records album "Hymns" is certified Gold by the R.I.A.A.1961 - The Derringers (lineup unlisted) record the titles "Maybe Baby" and "Pledging My Love" in Los Angeles, California with producer Nick Venet. Capitol Records will issue "Maybe Baby" as a single (Capitol 4572) with "Don't Deceive Me" (recorded March 29, 1961) on the flipside. No release information is listed for "Pledging My Love".
60 Years Ago Today In 1962 - Vocalist Jan Howard, with vocal group The Jordanaires (lineup unlisted) and unlisted others, records the titles "Tomorrow You Won't Even Know My Name", "The Belle Of The Ball", and "Please Pass The Kisses" in Nashville, Tennessee with producer Ken Nelson. Capitol Records will issue "Tomorrow You Won't Even Know My Name" and "Please Pass The Kisses" together as a single (Capitol 4744) and "The Belle Of The Ball" on Howard's album "Sweet And Sentimental" (T 1779). Unfortunately, "Please Pass The Kisses" is not currently available on YouTube.
1963 - Nat "King" Cole, with The Four Coins, performs the second of three shows in Tokyo, Japan.
1963 - Vocalist Al Martino, with unlisted others, records the titles "Chitarra Romana", "Al Di La", "Maria Mari", and "Vurria" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Martino's album "The Italian Voice Of Al Martino" (T/ST 1907).
1963 - Jackie Gleason conducts a large string orchestra (lineup unlisted but features Pee Wee Erwin on trumpet) as they record "Love Theme From 'Mutiny On The Bounty (Follow Me)", "A Home In The Meadow", "Theme From Tara Bulba (The Wishing Star)", and "Lawrence Of Arabia (featuring Charlie Ventura on tenor saxophone) in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Gleason's album "Movie Themes: For Lovers Only" (W/SW 1877).
1963 - Trumpetist Charlie Shavers, with Billy Byers on trombone, Jerome Richardson on alto saxophone, Budd Johnson on tenor saxophone, Bruce Martin on piano, George Barnes on guitar, Tom Bryant on bass, and Oliver Jackson on drums, records the titles "Heckle Me", "Undecided", "School Days", and "Opus Five" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records has yet to issue "Heckle Me" and will issue the rest of the titles on Shaver's album "Excitement Unlimited" (T/ST 1883).
1965 - The Beatles record the title "That Means a Lot" at EMI's Abbey Road Studios around midday.
1966 - Vocalist Matt Monro, with John Barry conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted but includes players of horns, reeds, piano, guitar, bass, drums, percussion, and strings) records the titles "Born Free" and "Other People" in London, England. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 5623).
55 Years Ago Today In 1967 - On her 30th birthday, vocalist Nancy Wilson, with Billy May conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Pete Candoli, John Audino, Ray Triscari, and Bud Brisbois on trumpets, Vernon Friley, Lew McCreary, Dick Noel, and William Schaefer on trombones, Arthur "Skeets" Herfurt, Ernest Green, Justin Gordon, Plas Johnson, and Jack Nimitz on saxophones, Don Trenner on piano, Mike Melvoin on organ, John Collins on guitar, Charles Williams on bass, and Earl Palmer on drums, Latin percussion, and bells), records the titles "What Now, My Love", "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy", "Winchester Cathedral", and "Alfie" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California between 7:00 PM and 11:00 PM with producer Dave Cavanaugh. Capitol Records will issue all the titles on Wilson's album "Just For Now" (T/ST 2712) and "Alfie" also as a bonus track on the CD release of Wilson's album "Hollywood-My Way" (3-64641-2).
55 Years Ago Today In 1967 - The Teddie Neeley Five (lineup unlisted), with Ernie Freeman conducting his own arrangements and producer Nick Venet, record the titles "You Must Believe Me" and "Love Her" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 5781).
55 Years Ago Today In 1967 - The Duncan Brothers (lineup unlisted) record the titles "It's Magic", "Warm, Soft And Good", "Theme Of Love", and "A Feelin'" in Los Angeles, California for Capitol Records which has yet to issue any of the titles.
1968 - Vocalist Glen Campbell, with Al De Lory conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records a new take of the title "Visions Of Sugarplums", "Have I Stayed Away Too Long?", "The Legend Of Bonnie And Clyde", and "She Called Me Baby" in Los Angeles, California. After overdubs are recorded for "Have I Stayed Away Too Long?" and "The Legend Of Bonnie And Clyde" on March 11, 1968, for "Visions Of Sugarplums" and "She Called Me Baby" on March 12, 1968, and for "She Called Me Baby" on April 14, 1968, Capitol Records will issue the final mixes of all the titles on Campbell's album "A New Place In The Sun" (ST 2907).
1968 - Maffit & Davies (guitarists Clark Maffitt and Brian Davies), with Michael Lang on piano, Jimmy Bond and Joe Osborne on bass, James Gordon on drums, and Milt Holland on tabla, record the titles "City Sidewalks" and "A Kind Word" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "City Sidewalks" on the duo's album "The Rise & Fall Of Honesty" (ST 2999). No issuing information is listed for "A Kind Word".
1968 - The Band (Garth Hudson on piano, organ, and vocals, Richard Manuel on piano, organ, guitar, bass, and vocals, Jaime Robbie Robertson on guitar and vocals, Rick Danko on bass and vocals, and Levon Helm on drums and vocals) record the titles "If I Lose" and "Long Distance Operator" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on the CD "Music From The Big Pink Remastered" (5-25390-2).
1970 - John Ono Lennon's Apple Records single "Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)", with Yoko Lennon Ono's "Who Has Seen The Wind?" on the flipside, is released by Capitol Records in the United States just 25 days after being recorded.
1973 - Billy May conducts The Time-Life Orchestra (lineup unlisted) as they record the titles "All The Things You Are", "Fascination", "The Impossible Dream", "Theme For Young Lovers", and "You Stepped Out Of A Dream" in The Capitol Tower Studios at 1750 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. Time-Life Records will issue all the titles, except "The Impossible Dream", in the three-LP set "Volume 6 - Billy May" (STL 246) and, after overdubs are recorded in March of 1973, will issue "The Impossible Dream" in the three-LP set "Volume 7 - Billy May" (STL 247) as part of its "As You Remember Them" series.
1978 - Navarro (lineup unlisted) records the titles "Run Away" and "Already Here" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles on the band's album "Straight To The Heart" (SW-11784).
1985 - Clarence Nash, voice actor (best known for "Donald Duck") and Capitol Records artist, dies at age 80.
1991 - Polygram, Parlophone, Vee-Jay, Swan, Capitol, Apple, Zapple, and Geffen Records artist John Lennon is posthumously awarded a Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award.
15 Years Ago Today In 2007 - Capitol Records releases Luscious Jackson's compilation album "Greatest Hits"
2009 - I was interviewed for a documentary about Johnny Mercer by director/producer Bruce Ricker at the Warner Brothers Studios in Burbank, CA in the Eastwood Sound Stage. I followed Leonard Maltin and Miles Kreuger and met Richard Carpenter on the way in.
ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
65 Years Ago Today In 1957 - Dave Guard And The Calypsonians, forerunners of the Capitol Records group The Kingston Trio, record an acetate demo of "Run Joe".
1961 - Johnny Burnette's Liberty Records single "Little Boy Sad", with "(I Go) Down To The River" on the flipside, enters the U.S. Country singles charts55 Years Ago Today In 1963 - Guitarist Grant Green, with John Patton on organ and Ben Dixon on drums, record the titles "Look At That Girl", "Personality", "The Surrey With The Fringe On Top", "This Little Girl Of Mine", "I'm Just A Lucky So And So", "Have You Ever Had The Blues", "Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying", and "Big John" in recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder's studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Blue Note Records will reject the take of "I'm Just A Lucky So And So" and will issue the rest of the titles on Green's CD "Blues For Lou" (5-21438-2).
40 Years Ago Today In 1982 - Chrysalis Records artist Pat Benatar marries guitarist Neil Giraldo in Hawaii.
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